CRMs - Tm Optimisation and Strategy

**Job Title**:
Head of BUK PLC Surveillance Transaction Monitoring

**Corporate Grade**:
D

**Reports to (Line Manager’s Job Title)**:
Managing Director, Global Head of Transaction Monitoring

**Direct Reports (if applicable)**:
3

**Business Area**:
Compliance

**Department/Function Level 1**:
Global Surveillance

**Department/Function Level 2**:
Transaction Monitoring

**Primary Location**:
London

**IAR Role**

No

**CBI Regulated Role**

No

**CBI Regulated Role Type**

**List all applicable Controlled Functions and Pre-Approval Controlled Functions [CFs: 1-11, and PCFs: 1-47] please see appendix 1 and 2** **for the full listing.**

**Regulated Role**

No

**If yes, what is the name of the regulator**

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**Contractual Legal Entity - **Please refer to link below for legal and regulatory requirement.**

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BX

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**Barclays Overview**

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

**We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.**

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Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

This is a Structured hybrid role:
About Compliance

Compliance operates as one team to drive the right customer outcomes and protect the integrity of the financial services markets through innovation. In line with Barclays’ Key Risk Control Framework Compliance sits within the bank’s Second Line of Defence. Within the Group Service Company (BX), Compliance Services operates to;
- Provide services to the trading entities of Barclays UK PLC (BUK PLC) and Barclays Bank Plc (BBPLC) to support the Heads of Financial Crime discharge their responsibilities in relation to Financial Crime Compliance.
- Offer a broad range of support services ranging from risk assessment, assurance, correspondent banking, investigation and Surveillance activities.

About Transaction Monitoring

The Global Surveillance team covers several risks and processes across its core coverage areas of Financial Crime and Market Conduct. The Global Surveillance Transaction Monitoring (GSTM) team Mission is: to protect the Bank from financial crime and promote the integrity of the banking system through innovative and effective, risk-based detection of suspicious customer activity. What we do:

- Support the first line risk owners in identifying money laundering risks and the strategies and controls available to mitigate those risks via the Risk and Coverage Assessment framework across all business lines.
- As model owners of the Automated Transaction Monitoring Systems, we play a leading role in the management and oversight of the models, and their underlying effectiveness as a key control against money laundering.
- Regular tuning and optimisation activity of all GSTM owned systems to ensure effective and productive alert generation.
- Work closely with investigations and operations teams, especially on questions or requests from regulators about detection and drivers of alert generation as well as identifying opportunities to improve detection.
- Operate strong governance processes covering both ongoing monitoring of the monitoring tools as well as strategic change programmes.
- Developing strategy for new Transaction Monitoring tools and techniques embracing rules-based approaches, contextual approaches and Machine Learning approaches advancing the ability to target risks more effectively in an explainable way;

Overall purpose of role
- The Head of Transaction Monitoring BUK PLC is responsible for developing and leading a high performing team responsible for ensuring an effective automated TM solution exists across the Risk landscape as defined by the Risk and Coverage Assessment Framework. Providing direction and driving collaboration across the teams involved in the End-to-End transaction Monitoring process this role will balance the competing priorities of future strategy, current performance, policy and regulatory requirements and ongoing governance and oversight. Reporting to the Head of Transaction Monitoring, the role holder will be accountable for ensuring compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and regulations relating to Automated Transaction Monitoring Systems for BUK PLC. This includes any local regulatory requirements and adhering to guidance from respective industry bodies. As Director of Transaction Monitoring, the role holder will:

- Be part of the GSTM Leadership with specific focus on driving successful delivery of outcomes, managing across teams, programmes and BAU to ensure effective focus, prioritisation and engagement;
- Provide leadership and direction on financial crime and compliance matters to key stak